We asked VGK coach Pete DeBoer about his own personal wild ride from coaching the San Jose Sharks against the Vegas Golden Knights and Gerard Gallant one season in 2019, to coaching for the Vegas Golden Knights in the NHL playoff bubble in Edmonton the next season in 2020 to leading the VGK to the NHL semis again against one of the league’s standard bearer franchises, the Montreal Canadiens, in 2021.
The highlights:
Yes, he was surprised to get a call from VGK General Manager Kelly McCrimmon about coaching the Golden Knights.
Yes, he was happy to take the job.
He hears from VGK fans who tell him they have “love-hate” feelings toward him.
He’s happy Gallant got the coaching job with the New York Rangers.
There’s more.
Here’s the DeBoer response to our question about the crazy past two years for him.
We will be at the big arena off the Strip for Knights vs Montreal, Game 2 later. Our Game 1 coverage.
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